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Congress president Rahul Gandhi described Prime Minister Narendra Modi's fitness video put out this morning as 'bizarre' and 'ridiculous'.Hosting an Iftar at a luxury hotel in New Delhi today, Gandhi said this amounted to bankruptcy and asked Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary...
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One of the four suspects allegedly involved in killing a 30-year-old man during the January 1 Bhima-Koregaon caste violence was today detained by Pune Police from outside the district, an official said.One Rahul Phatangade was assaulted and killed during the violence by a mob armed with stones...
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Former president Pranab Mukherjee was among prominent political figures who attended an Iftar hosted by Congress president Rahul Gandhi this evening.Mukherjee was seen conversing with Gandhi and several other senior Congress leaders.There was considerable disquiet in the Congress after Mukherjee...
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Eminent film and theatre personality Girish Karnad and several litterateurs and rationalists were on the hit list of those suspected of killing journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, officials said today.Besides Karnad, a recipient of the Jnanpith Award, thehighest honour in literature,...
20:40
Another incident of lynching allegedly triggered by fake messages in circulation on the social media has come to light, this time from Aurangabad district in Maharashtra, police said today.According to police, two men were allegedly beaten to death and seven others were injured, one of them...
19:12
No casualties have been reported in fire at the 34-storey Beaumonde building in Mumbai's Prabhadevi area.Earlier, it was reported that two firemen were killed in the fire.
19:02
Taking a jibe at Rahul Gandhi for anti-Narendra Modi tirade, Union Minister Arun Jaitley questioned the Congress president's wisdom saying that it has to be acquired through learning and cannot be inherited. The Congress party has become ideologyless because its only obsession is a person...
18:09
Kulbhushan Jadhav is a very sad case. I think Pakistan handled this issue very clumsily. They gave too much of publicity and also said that they will hang him. Now obviously, they are not going to hang him.Amarjit Singh Dulat, former chief of the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external...
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The first meeting of the coordination committee of the ruling JDS-Congress coalition in Karnataka will be held in Bengaluru tomorrow where the two parties would mull over a common minimum programme, senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah said today. Announcing the power sharing arrangement on June...
17:18
Deepika Padukone @deepikapadukone tweets: I am safe.Thank You everyone. Let us pray for our firefighters who are at site risking their lives...For context, a fire broke out in a multi-storey building in Mumbai which houses the residence and office of Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone. Deepika...
17:14
So, does the Mumbai fire brigade have a snorkel that reaches the 33rd floor? The fire in the Beaumonde building at Prabhadevi is on the 32nd and 33rd floor. A 2015 report in the Indian Express says that the Mumbai Fire Brigade has a 90-metre snorkel at the Byculla fire station, The hydraulic...
16:57
Headline inflation surging to a four-month high of 4.87 per cent in May is likely to force the Reserve Bank of India to hike rates once again at its August monetary policy review, analysts said. The commentary comes a day after industry body Confederation of Indian Industry said that monetary...
16:35
Atul Kochhar, a popular Indian-origin chef in the United Arab Emirates, was today sacked by a Dubai hotel after he courted controversy by posting an anti-Islam tweet that caused outrage on social media. Kochhar, 48, the second Indian to receive a Michelin star, is well known for his Rang Mahal...
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Just in: Atal Bihari Vajpayee has shown significant improvement; hope we'll be able to discharge him in next few days: AIIMS director. We are hopeful of Vajpayee's full recovery in the next few days, AIIMS director Randeep Guleria said.Guleria said Vajpayee's kidney function is back to...
15:30
Donald J Trump @realDonaldTrump Just landed - a long trip, but everybody can now feel much safer than the day I took office. There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea. Meeting with Kim Jong Un was an interesting and very positive experience. North Korea has great potential for the...
15:24
The Madhya Pradesh Government elevated state Cow Protection Board chairperson Swami Akhileshwaranand to Cabinet minister rank on Wednesday.He was earlier given Minister of State rank.As per reports, Akhileshwaranand reportedly expressed his displeasure over his...
15:19
Former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today smelled a BJP conspiracy to malign him in reports of damage to the bungalow vacated by him in Lucknow and sought to know as to why two state officials had entered the house before it was shown to the media. The SP leader also hit out at the state...
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The top two floors of the 33-storey Beaumonde building in Worli, Mumbai, is on fire. Images show smoke bellowing out of the top floors of the 'B' wing of the building. Actress Deepika Padukone's apartment is on the 26th floor or the same building. The Mumbai fire brigade said four fire engines...
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The sanctions are biting Kim Jong-un. He also has a chance to come out into the world and reshape his nation.Ravi Velloor, Associate Editor, The Straits Times, Singapore's leading newspaper, has compared the handshake between United States President Donald J Trump and North Korean leader Kim...
14:04
US President Donald Trump today hit back at Robert De Niro for his expletive-laced Tony Awards address, for which the Hollywood veteran received a standing ovation. Making a sly reference to the actor's various boxing-related films such as Raging Bull, Hands of Stone, Grudge Match and Night in...
13:54
The US should express publicly that China needs to engage in a meaningful and direct dialogue with the Dalai Lama or his representatives, without preconditions, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has told lawmakers, ahead of his visit to Beijing. The Chinese government officials and the Dalai Lama...
13:33
Pakistan has summoned India's acting Deputy High Commissioner alleging ceasefire violation by India along the Line of Control.Four personnel of the Border Security Force have died in Pakistani firing in the Chambliyal sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district. One among the four is a BSF...
12:49
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un received a letter from Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong congratulating him for the successful Democratic People's Republic of Korea-United States of America summit talks.Extending congratulations to Kim, the letter said, the joint statement...
12:44
The family of a patient has lodged a case of medical negligence against the Columbia Asia Hospital in Kolkata. The family has alleged that the hospital staff infused blood of a wrong group while performing a surgery. The case has been filed in Kolkata's Bidhan Nagar police station.The patient,...
12:10
Congress candidate Sowmya Reddy has won the Jayanagar Assembly polls by 4000 votes. She defeated the BJP's BN Prahlad, her closest rival. The seat was held by the BJP earlier. Fifty-five per cent polling was recorded in the Jayangar Assembly constituency on June 11. The assembly elections were...
11:30
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, tagged by Virat Kohli in his #FitnessChallenge video, today tweeted a video of his morning exercises and passed on the challenge to Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, Commonwealth medalist Manika Batra and 40-plus Indian Police Service officers.The Karanataka...
11:07
Pollution levels in Delhi have spiked again, pushing the air quality of the national capital and surrounding areas from 'moderate' to 'severe' category.Strong-anti cyclonic winds blowing from Rajasthan are the reason behind the worsening air quality.According to AQICN, on Wednesday morning, many...
10:46
The Congress is leading over the BJP by a margin of over 10,000 votes in the first few hours of counting of votes for the Jayanagar assembly constituency. While Congress candidate Sowmya Reddy was leading, BJP's B N Prahlad was in second position, poll officials said.Fifty-five per...
10:13
The grand alliance of opposition parties to take on the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not just the sentiment of politicians but also of the people, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said today.The Congress, he said, is trying to join together these voices and the work is going on.It is...
09:45
Chess star Soumya Swaminathan has refused to be a part of the Asian Team Chess Championship, to be held in Hamadan, Iran, from July 26 to August 4, because of the compulsory-headscarf rule in the country which she said violated her personal rights.She took to her Facebook page to say, I find the...
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After a long wait, Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally took up the fitness challenge on Wednesday. PM Modi was challenged by India cricket captain Virat Kohli after the latter shared a video of him strengthening his core muscles.PM Modis video, which is just under two minutes, also had this...
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat today condoled the death of spiritual guru Bhayyu Maharaj and said the organisation has lost its very old friend. Maharaj, who had refused to accept ministerial rank granted by the Madhya Pradesh government over two months back, allegedly...
08:43
In a move that could be a big boost for India's defensive capabilities, the US State Department approved the sale of six Boeing AH-64E Apache helicopters.According to a news release from Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the sale of the attack helicopters - as requested by India - would help...
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Counting of votes have begun for Jayanagar assembly constituency in Karnataka where election was held on June 11. The assembly elections were held across Karnataka on May 12, but polls in Jayanagar was countermanded following the death of BJP candidate B N Vijayakumar, who was holding...
08:12
JUST IN: 17 dead, more than 35 injured after a private bus hit a divider and overturned near Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh.
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Four Border Security Force personnel, including an officer, were killed and three others injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistan Rangers along the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior BSF officer said today. Pakistan Rangers initiated cross border...
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United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he trusted North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un over the agreement for denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, reached between the two countries after their historic summit in Singapore.After the summit in Singapore, Kim pledged to work toward...
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